Ana Palestro Breakthrough Race at Laguna Seca

July 7, 2025

LAST LAP PASS HIGHLIGHTS BREAKTHROUGH WEEKEND FOR ANA PALESTRO RACING AT LAGUNA SECA

 

15 year old rookie Ana Palestro enjoyed a career best race weekend at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca competing in round three of the 2025 Formula Pro USA Championship in the F4 class.

Determined all weekend, the highlight of Ana's weekend was executing a last lap pass in the Sunday feature race on her season long adversary Carolyn Fitzgerald. The friendly pair have enjoyed good battles on track throughout the 2025 season, but this was the first time Ana was able to finish ahead,

At half distance of the 2025 season, Ana is now fifth in championship points.

JENSEN team owner and driver coach Eric Jensen said, "Ana started her race car driver development journey one year ago attending one of our Racing Camps. The process with developing young drivers has it's ups and downs, but when the talented youngsters like Ana make big breakthroughs it's incredibly rewarding knowing how well earned are the accomplishments."

Formula Pro USA Western Championship is an entry level American junior open-wheel race series ideal for the development of promising young race car drivers. 2025 championship comprises six race events starting at Sonoma Raceway near San Francisco in March and concludes at Buttonwillow Raceway in November.

Sonoma Raceway located north of San Francisco, California is the location of the next race of the 2025 season on the dates September 12-14; where Ana Palestro will again pilot one of the JENSEN team's distinctive light blue Ligier F4 race cars.

For more information about Ana Palestro and her customized JENSEN driver development program, contact Eric Jensen via email at jensen@jensenga.com

For more information about the Formula Pro USA Western Championship visit the series website www.formulaprousa.com